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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL

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FNUS73 KLOT 131747
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Spot Forecast for IFSI Wildland...IFSU
National Weather Service Chicago IL
1247 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 CDT on April 13.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (815) 834-0666 if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Sunny skies will continue today with mixing heights around 4500
to 5000 ft AGL. Temperatures this afternoon are expected to warm
to around 70 with minimum RH values in the 25 to 30 percent range.
West winds around 10 to 15 mph will gradually turn southwest late
in the afternoon with occasional gusts up to 20 mph toward
sunset. Winds then become sporadically gusty this evening and
overnight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........66 at ignition...Max 71.
RH..................32 percent at ignition...Min 26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 10 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    West winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest
                    late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 16 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 17 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5000 ft
                    AGL.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /58100 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /70600 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   2   1   1   7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Temp............66  68  70  71  70
RH..............32  29  26  28  31
20 FT wind dir..280 270 260 240 220
20 FT wind spd..10  11  12  14  14
20 FT wind gust.14  14  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...4.5 4.8 5.0 4.6 4.2
Transp wind dir.280 270 260 250 220
Transp wind spd.15  16  16  16  17
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1
Vrate kt-ft/1K..58  67  71  65  63

$$
Forecaster...Petr
Requested by...Steve builta
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410626.0/LOT
.DELDT 04/13/24
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